Venturing Out

Entering local quilt exhibits----juried and not!

One of my resolutions for 2013 was to submit several pieces to different venues. So far, I've submitted to The West Virginia Quilt Festival, Sacred Threads, and The WV Annual Quilt and Wall Hanging Exhibition at the State Culture and History Museum.  Busy, busy, busy. Oh and I forgot, Amy's Blogger's Online Festival is coming up too. These shows are giving me deadlines which spur me on to do more than I thought I could do. I'm one of those QUILTERS who needs a deadline to get beyond procrastination and desire for perfection and MOVE!!

Received Word that my piece titled "Holy Encounter" has been accepted for the Sacred Thread 2013 Exhibit.  ( I hear the Halleluia chorus in my head)!!!!  

"Peaceful Path"   has been accepted for the WV Quilt Festival.  (the choir continues to sing!)

  

Blogger's Online Quilt Festival

Here's the final fabric portrait of Brittany.

     For this year I am entering a fabric portrait of my granddaughter, Brittany, in Amy's Creative Side-Blogger's Quilt Festival.  I had promised Brittany that I would attempt a fabric portrait of her as soon as I found the right picture of her for me to interpret.  Now you must know that Brittany is a young woman who posts lots of pictures of herself on her Facebook page as she goes through her day to day life.  She loves taking pics of herself, her nephews and friends too.  Finding the right picture to capture her from the hundreds she's posted as she tries new hairdos, new make-up, and outfits was a dilemma for me.  Her most times sunny mood is offset by her sometimes gloomy outlook.  In the portrait I chose, she seems to me to be sort of "mellow", in-between those two extremes of her personality.

        I am very proud of Brittany who recently completed a course of study at WV Junior College with a very high average.  I'm wishing her success and a real job soon.

Here's picture I used and portrait in process.

I love making fabric portraits and find them to be a study of personality and character. The whole process-- from finding the right photo and fabric, to creating and capturing the features of the face or body--I find a rewarding challenge.  In working with Brittany's portrait,  I had the hardest time settling on a background.  I tried out many different ones in the process, but when I saw the star fabric, something in me clicked and I knew that was it.  It speaks to, along with the expression, the sort of star quality she exudes in all she does.  See below some of the different backgrounds and fabrics I auditioned in working on this portrait.

 






I am looking forward to participating in the festival this year and viewing all the beautiful quilts submitted by others.

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